Masterarbeit MSTR-2023-86

Bibliograph.
Daten
Schmid, Lasse: Incentives and Management of a Decentralised Platform for Ride-Pooling.
Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Masterarbeit Nr. 86 (2023).
99 Seiten, englisch.
Kurzfassung

Assuming that autonomous vehicles become a reality in the next few years, there are studies that predict an uprise in traffic and, therefore, congestion. To prevent this, ride-pooling is suggested as a way to use vehicles more efficiently. However, a platform orchestrating ride-pooling would traditionally generate an oligopoly or even a monopoly. A possible solution to prevent those forces in the market is a decentralised platform. Therein, this Thesis focuses on the business model, especially on the incentives used while characterising the market with the consideration of stakeholders and existing literature. By conducting a structured literature review and methodically analysing stakeholders, incentives are defined according to the House Framework. Including a concept for governance to ensure the operation long-term. This thesis shows that such a platform can be designed, generating the maximum total revenue through a Vickrey auction and, therefore, the optimum for users and ride-providers. All the steps in the process have a Nash equilibrium, so there is an incentive to comply with the system. Additionally, a reputation system holds people accountable for misbehaving. It determines ratings via a weighted average with decay. Even though the platform can operate more cost-efficiently than current vendors on the market.

Abteilung(en)Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Architektur von Anwendungssystemen
BetreuerAiello, Prof. Marco; Pesl, Robin
Eingabedatum20. Februar 2024
   Publ. Informatik